washingtonindependent.com - 1/22/2009
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As mentioned earlier , Bill Lynn, President Obama’s deputy defense secretary-desginate, is coming back to the Pentagon from defense-contractor giant Raytheon, where he was a top lobbyist. But wait! Didn’t Obama just yesterday put out an executive order barring officials from entering his ...
thehill.com - 1/24/2009
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thehill.com —
The Obama administration has waived its ethics rules
to allow William Lynn to serve as the deputy...
secretary of Defense. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said he supports Lynn's nomination and looks “forward to prompt ...
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Obama waives lobbying rules for Lynn
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/26/2009
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From NBC's Ken StricklandThe Obama administration has given
an ethics waiver for Bill Lynn, a Defense Department...
nominee who is a former lobbyist. In a written statement released moments ago, Armed Service Committee Chairman Carl Levin said the ...
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Obama admin gives waiver for Lynn
swamppolitics.com - 1/24/2009
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swamppolitics.com —
by Mark Silva William Lynn, President Barack Obama's
pick for deputy Defense secretary and a former Raytheon...
lobbyist, says he will sell his stock in the military contractor to free him from conflicts in the new administration. The Obama ...
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Obama's defense pick (lobbyist) divests
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Precluding Mr. Lynn?
Ben Smith's Blog —
... assessment as to whether the new rules will preclude Mr. Lynn, who was a registered lobbyist for a defense contractor, from participating in key Department of Defense decisions, and if so, whether a waiver will be forthcoming and what the scope of the waiver will be.
Gibbs told reporters today, in response to a question about Lynn, that the White House would establish "a waiver process that allows people to serve their country, is necessary."
(via Ackerman)
William Lynn, Obama's First Ethics Exception, Causing Massive Headaches
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... But there is a second layer to the Lynn issue that also is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of Democrats, good government groups and Republicans eager to cry hypocrisy. Raytheon is no mom-and-pop defense contractor shop. It is the type of industry behemoth that protesters of the Iraq invasion bemoaned for profiting off of the war and encouraging militarization. And as the man who led "the company's strategic planning and [oversaw] the government relations activity," Lynn was intimately involved. ...
William Lynn, Obama's First Ethics Exception, Causing Massive Headaches
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... But there is a second layer to the Lynn issue that also is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of Democrats, good government groups and Republicans eager to cry hypocrisy. Raytheon is no mom-and-pop defense contractor shop. It is the type of industry behemoth that protesters of the Iraq invasion bemoaned for profiting off of the war and encouraging militarization. And as the man who led "the company's strategic planning and [oversaw] the government relations activity," Lynn was intimately involved. ...
Ex-Defense Lobbyist Leads Obama's Responsibility-in-Contracting Session
TPM Election Central —
... I only ask because Bill Lynn, the deputy defense secretary and former Raytheon K Streeter, will be one of those leading the "Contracting and Procurement" session ( ...
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